New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01

will practically stand but two mon Do fAncsy Nicoll
and b n Coudort. but tht advantage Il with tho
smaller force. shere u everything In having the
right sidc Of question: Nothing has stsod M.
Nicoll 30 well i'd hand a. tho fact that hs Il risbt
and Knows he Is II has given him robust con-
hdcnce In bis casd that has cnabIsd him to banjo
successive combinations Of lawyer and politicians
with an easy and exasperating assurance NcoiI
came from Baysidc. Long Isani that garden spot Of
nature where, In Littlc Neck Bay ana close beside
1T. are grown the finest clans and tho handsomest
women In the country. His family IL an old ono
holding its landed rights by royal patent. NicoIL
fret essayed political fame In Queens County whcro
he realized that general experience Of prophets that
their own country Is not good one to practise in
lie never got nearer nomination than tho carrying
OF MS own town primary. A couple OF months be-
fore he became Assistant Dstrict-Attorney OF New.
YORK ne received three out Of forty-nine
votes In the Democratic convention for
DistrlctAttorney Of Queens County His success I'M
his present Office has not surprised any ono who
Hne" MN We'll Equally natural Is his failure as q
poiitician Until tho Democratic party places pre-.
MUM upon rectitudd In Office it viii never prefer
Mr. Nicou to quite another type of District-Atto
neys The pressure which he has resisted In con.
nection with these bribery is something fearful
The night after Jaehne was arrested friend of Nco
was offered 100000 with which to adjust the matter
with him. The friend replied that Nlcoil could not
think Of accepting less than five millions Political
pressure has, Of course, been the most difficult to
deal with The threats. plots, traps and prayers
winch nave been put In his way cannot he counted.
Mr.. Coudert would have been a highly valuable
man to either side Of the case, though be will proba
bly, be most effective the side of the prosecution
Inc moral force which his presence In tire case VIII
lend to the people is undoubtedly one of the chief
reasons why he was retained. The firm Of Coudort
brothers possesses aa large and busy Office. It's
chief business comes from French residents in this
country and from the French Government and con-
sists largely of the management Of great estates Mr.
Coudert himself does little but try the greatest
causes In which his firm engages. In the trial OF
Sharp he will take tho place abandoned. under cir
cumstances not yet decenty explained, by Colonel
Fellows. Mr.. NicoH will try the case and argue tho
questions Of law, at which he is probably seen at
his best. The judges like Nicoll He uses no SUI
perfuous words He comes directly to tho point
and stops when he gets there Mr. Coudert VIII
sum I'D. and the eloqucnce for which he Is Justly
distinguished viii have great opportunity.
The prosecution enters upon sharp's case With
more confidence than they have ever felt before.
They feel that the logic of circumstances IN his case
is absolutely irresistible. The possibility Of oae par
tcuar Alderman being innocent was large element
of distrust in the cases already heard But II any
bribe-giyer is guilty, he Is Sharp. Sharp was tho
Broadway road its head, trunk and legs He han
died all the money. He managed all the moves mado
from the passage of the General Railroad act down
to the granting Of the franchise. He was the head
and front Of the offending, and II he is not convicted
the fault will Lie In the stupidity or the badness OF
the men who cit In Judgment his crooked, wicked
course.